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About KIDLIN

Making AI practical for everyone.

KIDLIN School of AI was built for the gap between AI hype and AI capability — the distance between watching a demo and shipping something that works.

Our story

Why we exist

Most people have used an AI tool. Far fewer know how to build with one. The internet is saturated with courses that explain what AI is, and almost none that sit beside you while you make something real.

KIDLIN was founded by practitioners who spend their working lives designing, training and deploying AI systems. We teach the same way we work: pick a real problem, choose the right tool, build the thing, then test whether it holds up.

That is what we mean by making ai practical for everyone — practical AI capability, accessible to professionals, engineers, students and entire organisations.

Instructor at a whiteboard explaining a concept to workshop participants

20+

Years of combined AI practice across faculty

16–20

Learners per cohort, deliberately capped

100%

Live, instructor-led sessions

6–12

Weeks from first session to shipped project

Principles

How we teach

Four commitments shape every KIDLIN cohort.

Practical over theoretical

We teach what works in real jobs. If a concept does not change how you work on Monday, it does not make the syllabus.

Live over recorded

Learning AI is a conversation. Live sessions let you ask the awkward question at the exact moment it matters.

Small over scalable

We cap cohorts on purpose. Faculty should know your context well enough to give advice that actually applies.

Built over watched

Every learner ships something. A working project is the only proof of understanding we trust.

Faculty

The people who teach here

Practitioners who build AI systems in industry and bring that work into the classroom.

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Sarthak Srivastava

Founder & CEO, VANCO.AI

Former AI Engineer at NVIDIA and Virginia Tech faculty member, specialising in AI, cloud computing and enterprise AI deployment.

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Rishi Shukla

Lead AI Engineer & Co-founder

MBA and AI educator specialising in generative AI, AI agents, automation and practical AI implementation for professionals and businesses.

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Mayank Singhal

System Software Engineer, NVIDIA

IIT graduate with expertise in AI, data science, cloud infrastructure and large-scale software systems.

What sets us apart

The KIDLIN difference

Live Learning

Every session is taught live by a practitioner. You ask questions in the moment and never learn alone.

Hands-On Projects

You build in the room. Each week ends with something working that you made yourself.

Small Cohorts

Cohorts are deliberately capped so faculty know your work, your context and your goals.

Practitioner Faculty

Our faculty ship AI systems for a living — at NVIDIA, in startups and inside enterprises.

Real Implementation

We measure success by what you deploy at work, not by how many lessons you completed.

Learner stories

In their words

What stood out was how hands-on it was. Instead of just talking about AI, we actually built things and saw how the tools work in real situations. I walked away with ideas that save me hours every week.

Gita D.

Working Professional

I have watched dozens of AI videos online, but this was the first time I actually understood how to use AI in my day-to-day work. I left with tools and workflows I could apply immediately.

Tejass V.

Product Manager

As a student, I knew AI mattered but I did not know where to start. KIDLIN gave me a clear roadmap and the confidence to build with modern AI tools.

David G.

Student

Join us

Learn AI the way it is actually practised.

Start with a free live workshop, or apply directly to the cohort that fits your goals.

No commitment. Just 90 minutes.